March 7, 2025- The UPMC Hillman Most cancers Heart in UPMC Horizon-Shenango Valley has accomplished the addition of a second linear accelerator (LINAC). The $ 9.6 million mission included the development of a secure for the brand new, ultramodern Linac, which provides energetic, exterior radiation therapies for bundles that focus exactly on quite a lot of most cancers tumors the place they’re within the physique, together with lung, breast and prostate cancers.

The Varan Truebeam -Linear Accelerator shall be a complement to standard exterior radiation remedy, at present positioned at UPMC Hillman at UPMC Horizon. The second linear accelerator makes elevated entry doable for the rising inhabitants of sufferers within the area and the power to deal with several types of cancers that previously required sufferers to should journey to Pittsburgh.

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